Envelope holder



Feb. 14, 192

ASHBRO OK ENVELOPE uommn Filed Feb. s. 1927 map M1111 Sfi 5100i;mvgaumvw like being used wherever desired.

Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

MURRAY A. AS HIBROOK, OF EL RENO, OKLAHOMA.

ENVELOPE HOLDER.

Application filed February 3, 1927. Serial No. 185,687.

The invention aims to provide an exceptionally simple and inexpensive,yet an advantageous and convenient device, for holding a plurality ofenvelopes, regardless of their lengths, in such positions that any ofthem may readily be grasped and removed.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinafter described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Fig. l is a perspective View of an envelope holder constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail vertical section on the correspondinglynumbered line of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

In constructing the device, I prefer to use tin or other thin, sheetmetal, solder or the In the present showing, the numeral 5 designates asingle metal sheet which isbent to provide 5 a plurality of transverse,open-ended, channel-shaped pockets 6, any one of which may contain aplurality of envelopes or the like 1*], whether they be short or long,the open ends of the pockets permitting long articles to project out ofsaid pockets, as will beclear from Fig. 1. The sheet 5 is so bent thateach pocket 6 consists of a vertical front wall 7 a horizontal bottom 8,and a rearwardly inclined back wall 9. Preferably, the front wall 7 ofthe foremost pocket 6 is of less height than the others and has itsupper edge turned downwardly at 10, for reinforcing purposes andto'prevent possible injury therefrom. After forming the rearmost of theback walls 9, the metal sheet is bent vertically downward at lland isthen bent inwardly at 12,- and this inwardly bent portion 12 ispreferably disposed against and secured to the bottom 8 of the rearmostpocket 6.

A plurality of substantialy rigid strips 13 (preferably two) extendlongitudinally beneath all of the pockets 6 and are soldered orotherwise secured to the bottoms '8 and to the inturned portion 12.These strips are preferably formed from' thin sheet metal with theirlongitudinal edges bent upon themselves at'14 to longitudinally stiffenthe strips and to present rounded edges with their correspondingadvantages over sharp edges.

said strips also The strips 13 eifectively tie the pocketformingportions of the sheet 5 together to hold them in proper, spacedrelation, and

enerally stiffen the structure so that it will maintain its propershape.

The principal use of the invention is to hold envelopesof any lengths,within a desk drawer, but obviously, it is not restricted to use withina drawer, nor to the holding of envelopes.

Excellent results are obtainable from the exact details disclosed andsuch details are therefore preferably followed. However, within thescope of the invention as claimed, minor changes as to form, proportionand unim ortant details, may be made.

I c aim:

1. A holder of the class described comprising a piece of sheet materialbent on parallel lines to form a plurality of channel-shaped open-endedpockets, each of which is provided with a vertical front wall, with ahorizontal bottom and with a rearwardly in clined back wall, and aplurality of substantially rigid strips extending longitudinally undersaid pockets toms, the rear ends of said strips being extendedrearwardly beyond the bottom of the rearmost pocket; the rear portion ofsaid piece of sheet material, after forming the rearmost back wall,being bent downwardly and secured to said rearwardly extended rear endsof said strips; the open-ended nature of the aforesaid pockets,permittin articles of different lengths to be positioned with the endsof the articles projecting out of the pockets if necessary.

2; A holder of the class described comprising a piece of sheet materialbent on parallel lines to form a pluralit of channel-shaped open-endedpockets each of which is provided with a vertical front wall, ahorizontal bottom and a rearwardly inclined back Wall, and a pluralityof substantially rigid strips extending longitudinally under saidpockets and secured to said bottoms the open-ended nature of saidpockets permitting articles of different lengths to be positionedtherein, with the ends of the articles projecting out of the pockets ifnecessary.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

MURRAY A. ASHBROOK.

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